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Re: Slow ZSH

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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Kyle Partridge <partkyle@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Slow ZSH
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:50:59 +0200
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On 3 April 2012 18:56, Kyle Partridge <partkyle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a slow loading zsh, where it sometimes takes longer than 10 seconds
> to get to a prompt.
>
> I think the problem is compinit - I've run "zsh -v" multiple times to try
> and find a slow down, and that seems to be the part that it hangs on.
>
> Is there any way to make this run faster? Is there a better way to debug
> this problem?

Are you using 4.3.11-4.3.15? They have a feature enabled that causes
the path hash to be populated a bit slower. <.10 didn't have the
feature and .16+ lets you disable it and has it disabled by default.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

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